Microsoft’s Retiring Skype for Business Online on July 31, 2021—What to do
Since September 1, 2019, all new Office 365 customers have been on-boarded directly to Microsoft Teams as the default for chats, meetings, and calls. But what about the customers that have been using Skype for Business Online long before this change? Unfortunately, the end is near. Microsoft announced Skype for Business Online will be retired […]
Windows 7 Support & Windows 8 Server Support end on January 14, 2020 | How to Prepare
The end of Windows 7 support is upon us and here’s what you need to know. On January 14, 2020, Microsoft will no longer update or provide support for Windows 7. To clarify, when Windows 7 reaches end of support, your computer will still function but Microsoft will no longer provide the following: Technical support […]
Retirement of SharePoint Classic and Delve Blogs
Beginning, January 18th, 2020, the classic blog site template name will change to “Blogs (retired)”. Beginning July 17th, 2020, the ability to create new classic blog sites through the user interface will be turned off. Also beginning January 18, 2020, Delve blogs, the feature that lets Office 365 users create personal blogs, will no longer […]
Microsoft claims new malware, Dexphot, infected more than 80,000 computers
Microsoft reportedly confirms that a new strain of malware called Dexphot has silently infected more than 80,000 computers since last year. While most malware are designed to gather confidential user information and other sensitive data, Dexphots operates a little differently. According to Microsoft’s security team, this malicious code works its way around the system and […]
Microsoft Azure Active Directory Outage Blocks Access for 2.5 Hours
On Oct. 18th, Issues affecting the Azure Active Directory service blocked customers from accessing applications for around 2.5 hours. The problem was attributed to Microsoft’s multi-factor authentication, known as MFA, challenges not working. MFA is a process in which users validate their identity via another means besides a password. MFA is part of the Azure AD service, […]
A New Major Version of Azure AD Connect Has Been Released
Integrating your on-premises directories with Azure AD makes your users more productive by providing a common identity for accessing both cloud and on-premises resources. With this integration users and organizations can take advantage of the following: Organizations can provide users with a common hybrid identity across on-premises or cloud-based services leveraging Windows Server Active Directory […]
Exchange 2010 Support Has Been Extended
The end of support for Exchange Server 2010 has been extended from January 14th, 2020 to October 13th,2020 to give customers more time to complete their migrations. This extension also aligns with the end of support for Office 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010. For those ready to move to the cloud, we recommend Office 365 and […]
Microsoft Urges LDAP Workaround Fix for Windows Systems
Microsoft updated an August security advisory this week to urge organizations using the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) in supported Windows systems to implement some configuration changes manually. The details are described in this Windows support article, dated September 10. In addition, Microsoft updated its August security advisory ADV190023, which now includes similar information about carrying out […]
Microsoft Releases Security Updates to Address Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Microsoft has released security updates to address two remote code execution vulnerabilities, CVE-2019-1181 and CVE-2019-1182, in the following operating systems: Windows 7 SP1 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Windows Server 2012 Windows 8.1 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows 10 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019 An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of […]
Try Out the Next Version of Microsoft Edge on Every Major Desktop Platform Now
Microsoft released preview builds from the MS Edge Canary channel available on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1. This rounds out the initial set of platforms that they began to roll out back in April, so developers and users alike can try out the next version of Microsoft Edge on every major desktop platform. Visit […]
